How to Make Vans Roller Skates: Custom Vans Mount with My Friend Alea

EDIT: I've made a more instructional video on how to make aluminum insoles here:
   • How Do You Make an Aluminum Insole fo...  
and a shoe mount here:
   • How to Re-mount Roller Skate Plates f...  

This video you're watching not so much of how-to as letting you be a proverbial fly on the wall as my friend Alea and I mount her Vans park skates.
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In this video we mount a custom roller skate vans setup, from start to (almost) finish. We make an aluminum insole, give plate placement advice, give great tips on how to avoid some common problems when mounting Vans skates, discuss hardware, and SKATETOBERFEST!

Important timestamps:
0:00: intro
1:10: Aluminum insole tracing, drilling, and sanding
4:50: Plate placement discussion (general roller skating)
6:44: Tips on Mounting Vans specifically, and the annoying waffle sole.
8:52 : Choosing & marking the plate placement on the boots
11:31: Indenting aluminum insole so easier to place drill bit in right place
12:05: Taping drill bit so we won't drill too far and destroy shoes
13:09: Drilling the insoles and shoes
13:26 Extra notes
13:57 :Follow up
15:21: SKATETOBERFEST!
15:39 Notes on gear compatibility

See the corresponding blog post for more structured info & details:
https://www.rollerskaterevival.com/bl...

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And of course follow Alea's skating progress:
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Intro song by the lovely and amazing Kristen Myers, please support her on Patreon:
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